Posts with tag john mccain
Posted Jul 18th 2008 5:26PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: News, TCA Press Tour, Reality-Free
After the executive session, it was CBS News' turn to face the critics and talk about their election coverage. Via satellite from their New York studios was
CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric,
Face the Nation moderator Bob Schieffer, senior political correspondent Jeff Greenfield, and CBS News and Sports president Sean McManus.
Right away, a reporter brought up Katie Couric's job status. "I'm glad you got right to it," Couric joked. "I thought [the speculation] had died down considerably." She said she "can't control what media writers write. We live in an echo chamber," with media reporters more fascinated by her status than the general public is. "The attention befuddles me," she continued. She's concentrating on doing "the best job I can."
Continue reading As far as Katie Couric knows, she's staying - TCA Report
Posted May 18th 2008 1:05PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Saturday Night Live, Celebrities, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S33E12) To ensure a strong season finale,
Saturday Night Live made a very smart choice to go with Steve Carell. He is an incredible comedic performer and his first hosting stint went pretty well, so I wasn't surprised to see him pull it off again this time around. Actually, this picture is from the first time Carell hosted
. Is it weird that I've had it sitting on my desktop since then? Yes, probably. Anyway, the material was better than some of the other episodes', with a few spectacular highlights, including the hilarious digital short.
Continue reading Saturday Night Live: Steve Carell/Usher (season finale) - VIDEOS
Posted May 8th 2008 9:47AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
"The Long Flat Seemingly Endless Bataan Death March to the White House": The Hillary Clinton camp decided to celebrate its win in the Indiana primary, despite the fact that it wasn't 100%. Clinton and Barack Obama also tried to be nice to each other, leaving the bitterness to the media. The Indiana primary saw a bit of controversy and the news networks, desperate for any bit of drama to spice up those seven hours of news time, jumped all over it.
Indiana's Lake County didn't turn in its results within the same time as the other voters. Naturally, "hanky panky" was suspected and the news anchors were
pissed. CNN's John King turned to the touchy screen for distraction. The choice of music under the footage made me laugh uncontrollably. Fact: On two hours of sleep,
The Daily Show is even funnier, but not necessarily on the best parts. The mayor fight sent me into a fit of giggles, if that's any indication of my fatigue.
Continue reading The Daily Show: May 7, 2008 - VIDEOS
Posted Apr 17th 2008 9:21AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Daytime, Talk Show, Reality-Free
Now we know that we're getting serious when it comes to the 2008 presidential campaign: Cindy McCain, wife of presumptive Republican nominee John McCain,
will co-host on The View on Monday, according to both the AP and the
show's own web site. Mrs. McCain has been on the show before, appearing with her husband in 2004, and Sen. McCain has been on the show a number of times, most recently last week. But this is the first time either of them have sat with the hosts for the entire episode.
As the AP article mentions, there's no word on whether Mrs. McCain will share any recipes on the show. Why is that significant? Nothing really, just a little bit of plagiarism committed by an overzealous campaign intern; the intern
reprinted recipes from various Food Network personalities, including Rachael Ray, on the campaign's web site and tried to pass them off as "McCain Family Recipes." I'm surprised people didn't get suspicious sooner, because I don't think I've ever heard either McCain say the word "Yum-o."
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Posted Mar 3rd 2008 10:02AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Late Night, Saturday Night Live, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities
It wasn't April 1st so it couldn't be April Fool's Day. It was March 1st. Still, there she was, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton saying those famous words, "Live from New York, It's
Saturday Night Live."
In an unannounced and potentially savvy political move,
Senator Hillary Clinton, appeared on the NBC late night comedy and showed that she can laugh at herself. This surprise appearance, coupled with her agreeing to be on Monday's
Daily Show with Jon Stewart, can only help her in Tuesday's primaries in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont. It's pretty much desperation time for the Clinton candidacy and if Hillary wants to make it to the Denver convention with a chance to beat Barack Obama, she must win Texas and Ohio -- the big states -- decisively.
Continue reading It's Hillary, Live from New York, on SNL
Posted Feb 21st 2008 2:33PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows
Were The West Wing writers psychic or just very clever in their reading of the political landscape?
Several writers, including Stephen Siilver at NorthStarWriters.com, have noticed that the current Presidential election is very similar to the election that The West Wing had in its final season and a half. The show had a Democrat that inspired people by his speeches but didn't have much experience (Matt Santos), a Republican from the West that even liberals liked because he wasn't too far right (Arnold Vinick), and a candidate that had already been in the White House as a VP (Bob Russell). Does that sound like Barack Obama, John McCain, and Hillary Clinton?
Continue reading Is the real election following a West Wing script?
Posted Feb 1st 2008 8:33AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews
Everyone knows that CNN can be a bit of a sensory overload, especially with its fancy new
floating pie charts and whatnot. The flashiness took a huge jump when
Situation Room first came around and showed off its needlessly numerous screens. At least some fun finally came of it, in the form of a totally random mix-up during recent coverage of John Edward's concession. Apparently, dancing Spongebob Squarepants makes everything better. That's right, no context for you.
Continue reading A Daily Show: January 31, 2008
Posted Jan 22nd 2008 8:41AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews
Jon kicked off the episode by running a few rounds of paper football. Not that I'm a big paper sports enthusiast, but I couldn't help but notice that he wasn't holding the football quite right. Jon, your story just doesn't add up. He then flubbed a gag with a toy robot, which was pretty precious, even though it didn't make much sense. What can I say? I like satirists and robots.
"Indecision 2008": The Democrats took on Nevada and the media took on the world's most cliche Las Vegas metaphors to cover Hillary Clinton's win. However, Jon had them all beat with his "bet on black" comment. Of course, Hillary's win was met with criticism and Bill Clinton defended her like he's already the First Laddie. And then that drew even
more criticism. So it goes.
Continue reading A Daily Show: January 21, 2008
Posted Sep 14th 2007 9:06AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews
First off, Senator John McCain has changed his "Straight Talk Express" bus into the slightly more aggressive "
No Surrender" bus. As a good buddy of the show, he called in to talk about this change. McCain is such a sport to still do goofy spots on
Daily Show. I mean, I'm sure that, by now, he knows that it's pretty much a kiss of death to any campaign, but he doesn't seem to mind. Perhaps he just wanted to call in to talk about his "No Surrender" pussy wagon. Okay, he didn't call it that, but it'd be cool if he did. Give McCain some street cred with the younger crowd, yeah?
Continue reading The Daily Show: September 13, 2007
Posted Aug 17th 2007 1:21AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews
"
Great Recall of China": In some not very surprising news, there has been a massive recall of certain toys from China. Lead was discovered in a disturbingly large number of Mattel toys from the country and now everyone's running around, trying to cover themselves. Senior Plaything Analyst John Oliver, wearing a lot of brown, reported from his parents' toy-filled basement to elaborate. That Photoshopped picture of young Oliver made me laugh for an obscenely long time. It was yet another sign that I desperately needed sleep.
Continue reading The Daily Show: August 16, 2007
Posted Apr 25th 2007 11:22AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews
"
Mess O' Potamac": Ahh, yes. I'm glad I wasn't the only one that felt extremely uncomfortable watching Nancy Pelosi pretend she didn't mind having Harry Reid's hand on her shoulder. The Bush vs. Bush debate was well-done.
The Daily Show has totally mastered the art of collecting video clips. That is the beauty of doing a faux news show, is it not? CNN wishes they had a time machine to do a debate between past- and present-Bush.
Continue reading The Daily Show: April 24, 2007
Posted Mar 30th 2007 8:38AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Cable, Late Night, OpEd, The Daily Show, Comedy Central
First up, coverage of Karl Rove being, um, super-hip at the Radio-Television Correspondents' Dinner. "Let's say Jeffrey Dahmer came to your Bar Mitzvah and turned out to be a great dancer... He's still Jeffrey Dahmer." Oh, Brad Sherwood and Colin Mochrie... For even participating in this event, you two have disappointed me so. I think everyone should experience the horrid sight of MC Karl Rove bustin' a move, because after seeing it, all the sad things in life don't seem so bad anymore. As service to society, I have included the video in this post after the jump.
Continue reading The Daily Show: March 29, 2007 - VIDEO
Posted Mar 21st 2007 1:32PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Late Night, OpEd, The Daily Show, Comedy Central
"
The Unforgettable Fired": The e-mails with details about attorney dismissals are absolutely ridiculous. I wouldn't be surprised if e-mails like the fake graphic really exist in some Capitol Hill Inbox. Senior Political Analyst Rob Riggle stopped by to elaborate on the term "loyal Bushies". The Karl Rove lemur kind of freaked me out on a
Spongemonkey level, but not as much as the mention of Barbara Bush's vagina. Eww.
John McCain and his
Straight Talk Express are back! His "lost the war" Freudian slip was beautiful, was it not? Maybe his bus really does enforce truth... Perhaps people should swear on the Straight Talk Express in court.
Continue reading The Daily Show: March 20, 2007
Posted Mar 1st 2007 12:36AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: CBS, Celebrities, Talk Show
Tonight, John McCain announced that he is running for president... on the
Late Show with David Letterman. McCain reminded Letterman that he had invited the Senator back to the show to announce his candidacy, so that's what he did. Although, McCain also pointed out that it's not his "formal" announcement, which he says he will make in April.
I was a little surprised McCain did it this way, instead of the old-fashioned way, but hey! It worked for Arnold Schwarzenegger (but not John Edwards). I can't help but wonder if he did it on Letterman to avoid questions from the press, just like many of the Democratic candidates did when they announced their candidacy on their webpages.
Interesting factoid: John McCain is now 70 years old. If he wins, he will be the oldest president ever sworn in for a first term. Reagan was 73 when he was sworn in for his second term.
Video is
here.
Posted Jul 25th 2006 7:55AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Late Night, The Daily Show, Comedy Central
"
Crisis in Israfghyianonanaq": So, Condoleezza Rice paid a
not-so-surprise visit to Lebanon. Jon said that Rice would have paid a visit earlier if it wasn't for some motherfucking snakes on her motherfucking plane. Oh, hell yes.
Snakes on a Plane jokes will never, ever die... I have a feeling I'll take this back once the film actually comes out.
Continue reading The Daily Show: July 24, 2006
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